The 1997 Memorial Cup occurred May 10–18 at the Robert Guertin Centre in Hull, Quebec. It was the 79th annual Memorial Cup competition and determined the major junior ice hockey champion of the Canadian Hockey League (CHL). Participating teams were the host Hull Olympiques, who were also the champions of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, as well as the QMJHL runner-up Chicoutimi Saguenéens, and the winners of the Ontario Hockey League and Western Hockey League, which were the Oshawa Generals and the Lethbridge Hurricanes respectively. The round-robin portion of the tournament also featured one of the greatest games in Memorial Cup history, in which Lethbridge trailed Hull 6-1 to start the third period of their game and stormed back to win 7-6 in overtime. The Olympiques won their first Memorial Cup, over Lethbridge.[1]

1997 Chrysler Memorial Cup
Tournament details
Venue(s)Robert Guertin Centre
Hull, Quebec
DatesMay 10–18, 1997
Teams4
Host teamHull Olympiques (QMJHL)
TV partner(s)TSN
Final positions
ChampionsHull Olympiques (QMJHL) (1st title)
Tournament statistics
Games played8
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Silver bowl trophy with two large handles, mounted on a wide black plinth engraved with team names on silver plates.
The Memorial Cup trophy

Round-robin standings

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Pos Team Pld W L GF GA
1 Hull Olympiques (QMJHL and host) 3 2 1 22 12
1 Lethbridge Hurricanes (WHL) 3 2 1 12 10
1 Oshawa Generals (OHL) 3 2 1 7 12
4 Chicoutimi Saguenéens (QMJHL rep.) 3 0 3 10 17
Source: [citation needed]

Scores

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Round-robin

  • May 10 Oshawa 5, Chicoutimi 3
  • May 11 Lethbridge 4, Chicoutimi 2
  • May 11 Hull 8, Oshawa 0
  • May 13 Lethbridge 7, Hull 6 OT
  • May 14 Oshawa 2, Lethbridge 1
  • May 15 Hull 8, Chicoutimi 5

Semi-final

  • May 17 Lethbridge 5, Oshawa 4 OT

Final

  • May 18 Hull 5, Lethbridge 1

Winning roster

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1996-97 Hull Olympiques[2]

Goaltenders

Defencemen

Wingers

Centres

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Scoring leaders

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  1. Christian Dube, Hull 6-7-13
  2. Donald MacLean, Hull 2-6-8
  3. Pavel Rosa, Hull 3-4-7
  4. Martin Menard, Hull 5-1-6
  5. Frederic Bouchard, Chic 2-4-6
  6. David Gosselin, Chic 3-2-5
  7. Denis Hamel, Chic 2-3-5
  8. Mike Josephson, Leth 2-3-5
  9. Marc Savard, Osh 0-5-5
  10. Jonathan Delisle, Hull 0-5-5
  11. Byron Ritchie, Leth 2-2-4

Goaltending leaders

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Statistics to be added

Award winners

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All-star team

  • Goal: Christian Bronsard, Hull
  • Defence: Chris Phillips, Lethbridge; Jan Snopek, Oshawa
  • Forward: Christian Dube, Hull; Martin Menard, Hull; Byron Ritchie, Lethbridge

References

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  1. ^ "MasterCard Memorial Cup Flashback: 1997 – Mastercard Memorial Cup". mastercardmemorialcup.ca. Retrieved July 28, 2018.
  2. ^ "MemorialCup.ca - Winning Rosters". Archived from the original on September 10, 2017. Retrieved August 7, 2020.
  3. ^ "LHJMQ – Incluant la couverture en direct des matchs, des clips audio et vidéo nouvelles exclusives, billets, statistiques, classements, horaires et autres".
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